Mars, Curiosity and clouds

Curiosity rover spots rare shimmering clouds above Mars
The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance from the star (an average of 142 million miles versus Earth’s roughly 93 million miles), but it also has to do with the planet’s atmosphere. A great example of the effects can be seen in the Red Planet’s noctilucent clouds.
Mysterious colorful clouds drift through Mars’s sky in new Curiosity images
A recent video created from images captured by Curiosity shows clouds tinted red and green flowing though the sky over Mars. Captured using the rover’s Mastcam instrument on January 17, 2025, the video shows the clouds during twilight on the red planet.
NASA rover captures images of mysterious "mother-of-pearl" clouds above Mars
New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the rover's Mastcam, which NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory compared to the rover's eyes. The clouds were spotted on Jan. 17, and the photos were taken over the course of 16 minutes, the space agency said in a news release.
Watch Iridescent Dry Ice Clouds Above Mars Spotted By NASA Rover
Researchers report that a great time to see these clouds from Gale Crater, where Curiosity is located, is the early Autumn. Videos from the rover’s MastCam show the clouds changing colors as the night fell.
Curiosity recorded alien rainbow-colored clouds sweeping over Mars
Curiosity, a set of NASA's robotic "eyes" on the Red Planet, recorded 16 minutes of so-called noctilucent clouds flying overhead on Jan. 17. These clouds, sometimes referred to as twilight clouds because they're too faint to see in daylight,
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Weather IQ: The science behind wave-like formations in the sky
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Venus is hiding a 'bizarre' gravity wave in its clouds that spans the entire planet
The stationary gravity wave, as its called, hovers above the surface in the shape of a flattened "V", rippling through the sulfuric acid clouds of Venus that blow by at a chaotic and constant ...
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Pearl clouds dazzle northern skies with rare mother-of-pearl phenomenon
Bright and dazzling, waves radiating rainbow colors sweep across the northern skies of Sweden, displaying beautiful hues. Known as "nacreous clouds" or "mother-of-pearl clouds," these clouds ...